Kuwait University Rules & Regulations for Educational Course System 
Article (1): Defining the Course System 

 Course System: 

Kuwait University has applied this system by setting credits to be 
completed and passed with certain scores to graduate. Our students are given 
freedom to take part of the responsibility for mapping out their way in 
education based on the assigned required and selective course groups with 
the assistance of student guidance counselors and the approved major sheets 
for each school year and for all the fields. Those who fail certain courses are 
permitted to redeem their grades by retaking them or a substitute course and 
passing them with the approved scores. Educational progress and 
achievements are mainly relying on the students’ efforts and commitments 
to their studies.

 Credits:

Credits are accumulated for students at the end of the semester all 
according to their passing grades. It is counted based on the days per week
the course is taught. Each department in KU appoint the number of credits 
for every taught course

Semester: 

The school year is divided to three semesters, two are mandatory (fall 
and spring) and one is selective (summer). The period of mandatory 
semesters are 15 to 17 weeks, while the optional semester is 8 weeks 
according to university regulations.

KU Undergraduate Requirements: 

Our university aspires to contribute to society by schooling students 
with a set of academic courses with a vast variety in different areas and fields 
to bring out graduates with different majors that have a wide horizon of 
knowledge and information that are relative and crucial in society. This is 
achieved by the selective course groups offered to all students along with the 
courses offered by each college’s language center.

Main Major: 

A set of course groups that are chosen by the departments that offer 
the best relative knowledge and skills in a specific major.

Minor Major: 

Each department sets a major sheet for main majors and minor majors. A 
minor major consists of 24 credits. Students are given the freedom to choose 
their minors. Students Guidance Counselor advises to choose minors that can 
support the main major.